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Diet soda drinkers lost as much weight as water drinkers, study finds

The long-term study measured weight loss outcomes in both diet soda and water drinkers over an extended period, challenging assumptions about artificial sweeteners and dieting.

On air: Hank Ledger and Vera Bullock on BBN This Morning
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTime to pay that off: a long-term study finds people who drank diet soda lost roughly the same amount of weight as people who drank water.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the fizz was never the villain. My whole fridge door just got its reputation back.

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWater's still free, though. Brock has the forecast, and I hear it's wet.

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